Water-cart



(No Model.)

WATER CART. No. 436,373; Patented Sept. 16, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHEW J. MODONNA, OF EDELSTEIN, ILLINOIS.

WATER-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,373, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application filed April 26, 1890. Serial No. 349,617. (No model.)

nois,have invented certain new and useful Im-' provements in Carts forCarrying Water and Feed and for other Purposes; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tw0-wheeled Vehicles; and-it consists in animproved construction of hand-cart for carrying water and feed, and forother purposes, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig.2 is a side view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate certain detailsof the invention.

A designates a box which forms the body of the cart.

B indicates the carrying-wheels, the axles a of which are rigidlyattached to an iron frame, which is mounted on and removably connectedwith the body A. The said frame is chiefly formed of two rectangularbars I), which rest on the sides of the box A. The draft-bars C C aremore or less elastic and are rigidly connected with the bars 6 andV-rods e 6, so that the box A may be clamped between said V-rods bysliding the rods 1) b on one another and fastening them together withthe clamp-screw c. This prevents the box A from turning in a verticallongitudinal plane, as well as from lateral displacement, while thebox-pins ff, resting in the vertices of the angles of the rods 6 e,prevent the box from slipping downwardly. The forward portions of saidbars are turned inward across the box, so that they lap one on anotherand are looselysecured together at c. The bars I) may be adjustablysecured by a set-screw c. The rear ends of said bars are turned upwardand have bearings d formed in them, for the purposes hereinafter setforth. The draft-bars O are fastened to the vertical rear parts of barsI) and are provided at their forward extremities with the handle D. The

5o bent rods 6 extend down from the bars I),

somewhat in the form of a V, and are detachably connected with said boxby means of the pins f near the bottom of the box. The forward ends ofthe rods 6 are extended upward and are connected-with the draft-bars Oand serve to brace them.

E designates a frame which forms .a removable barrel-holder and conformssomewhat to an ordinary barrel or cask. The said frame is provided witha rest h at the bottom, from which the side bars we extend upward,having hooks g formed on their upper extremities, said hooks beingadapted to rest in the bearings cl of the main frame. The curved rods11. are connected with the side parts m and serve to sustain the barrelor cask. The frame E may be readily applied to a cask of oil or othercommodity, which may then be lifted to the cart and mounted thereon withthe hooks g in the bearings cl. hen a water-cask having hooks fixed toits sides is to be carried, the frame E may be dispensed with. As willbe seen, the cask,when mounted on the main frame, is near the surface ofthe ground, the axles of the wheels B being at or above the top of thebody of the cart, so that the cask or its contents may be convenientlyremoved. The box A, by reason of the adjustable connection of the barsI), may be readily removed from the frame, so that the latter with thewheels B may be used separately or without the box, if desired, in whichcase the bent rods e serve as supporting-legs.

The device is convenient for use as a carriage for wire for wire fenceand check-row purposes, a shaft 76 being passed through the reel orspool of wire and placed in the bearings cl. The spool is fixed on theshaft by means of the clamps 0, and crank-handles p are applied to theextremities of the shaft, any tools used in connection With the wirebeing placed in the box A.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the box A, of the rectangular bars I)b, lapped loosely at c 0, held adjustably by a set-screw o, and providedwith bearings d d on their upturned ends, the draft-bars O D, fastenedat the rear to said bars I) b, and the bent rods e 6, connected fixedlywith the bars I), detachably by pins wit-h the box A, and as braces withthe draft- In testimony whereof I have affixed my sigbars 0, as shownand described. nature in presence of two Witnesses.

2. In barrel-holders, a plate bent to form the bottom h, the divergingVertical arms m MATHEW J. MCDONN A. 5 m, and curved end hooks g g, incombination Witnesses: v

with the curved rods n, attached at their ends H. D. MANCHESTER, to saidarms m, as shown and described. F. J. MODONNA.

